Donald Trump on Monday, January 19 threatened 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne over France’s intentions to decline the US leader’s invitation to join his “board of peace.” The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of war-torn Gaza, but the charter does not appear to limit its role to the occupied Palestinian territory.
“I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes. And he’ll join. But he doesn’t have to join,” Trump said, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron. A source close to Macron told AFP on Monday that France “does not intend to answer favorably” to the invitation.
The board’s charter “goes beyond the sole framework of Gaza,” the source close to the French president said.
I know “It’s not the point”. Da fuck do You think MY point was? “Americans don’t need to worry because they have a cheap wine from the 70s”? Do You think, that a comment including a video of a drunken Orson Wells, was meant to be taken seriously?
With the current state of the US, even the most ridiculous comment has to be taken seriously.